Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea)

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Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea). / Xie, Zhiyong; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Floeser, Goetz et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 156, No. 3, 01.12.2008, p. 1190-1195.

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Xie Z, Ebinghaus R, Floeser G, Caba A, Ruck W. Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea). Environmental Pollution. 2008 Dec 1;156(3):1190-1195. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.04.008

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title = "Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea)",
abstract = "The potential of triclosan (TCS) acting as an endocrine disruptor has led to growing concern about the presence of TCS in the environment. In this study, seawater samples were collected from the German Bight during sampling campaigns conducted with the German research ships Gauss and Ludwig Prandtl. TCS was determined both in the dissolved phase and in the suspended particulate matters with concentrations ranging 0.8-6870 pg L -1 and <1-95 pg L -1, respectively. High concentrations of TCS were present in the estuaries of the Elbe and the Weser, indicating significant input of TCS by the river discharge. The correlation coefficient (R 2) between the dissolved concentration and salinity was 0.79 for the data obtained from the Gauss cruise, showing an obvious declining trend from the coast to the open sea.",
keywords = "Chemistry, Occurrence, Seawater, North Sea, Triclosan, Triclosan, Occurrence, Seawater, North Sea",
author = "Zhiyong Xie and Ralf Ebinghaus and Goetz Floeser and Armando Caba and Wolfgang Ruck",
year = "2008",
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language = "English",
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pages = "1190--1195",
journal = "Environmental Pollution",
issn = "0269-7491",
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T1 - Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea)

AU - Xie, Zhiyong

AU - Ebinghaus, Ralf

AU - Floeser, Goetz

AU - Caba, Armando

AU - Ruck, Wolfgang

PY - 2008/12/1

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N2 - The potential of triclosan (TCS) acting as an endocrine disruptor has led to growing concern about the presence of TCS in the environment. In this study, seawater samples were collected from the German Bight during sampling campaigns conducted with the German research ships Gauss and Ludwig Prandtl. TCS was determined both in the dissolved phase and in the suspended particulate matters with concentrations ranging 0.8-6870 pg L -1 and <1-95 pg L -1, respectively. High concentrations of TCS were present in the estuaries of the Elbe and the Weser, indicating significant input of TCS by the river discharge. The correlation coefficient (R 2) between the dissolved concentration and salinity was 0.79 for the data obtained from the Gauss cruise, showing an obvious declining trend from the coast to the open sea.

AB - The potential of triclosan (TCS) acting as an endocrine disruptor has led to growing concern about the presence of TCS in the environment. In this study, seawater samples were collected from the German Bight during sampling campaigns conducted with the German research ships Gauss and Ludwig Prandtl. TCS was determined both in the dissolved phase and in the suspended particulate matters with concentrations ranging 0.8-6870 pg L -1 and <1-95 pg L -1, respectively. High concentrations of TCS were present in the estuaries of the Elbe and the Weser, indicating significant input of TCS by the river discharge. The correlation coefficient (R 2) between the dissolved concentration and salinity was 0.79 for the data obtained from the Gauss cruise, showing an obvious declining trend from the coast to the open sea.

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KW - Occurrence

KW - Seawater

KW - North Sea

KW - Triclosan

KW - Triclosan

KW - Occurrence

KW - Seawater

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JO - Environmental Pollution

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